Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3829bce7768404e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:30:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c84db2a43005524c7d0aab0be5ef6d03 SHA-1: e68ecc91258be9884dfa90de3e5508d30aae02ee SHA-256: d3829bce7768404e3616700e8246f7da0535500d793cfcff2b905f5a184e2090
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=es+file+explorer+a PDF link annotation
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c814c970a3929fcf39c80bc6be5db10/nitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29845902066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e54f10969a---66756560689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e1bad24a26---89626982291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amunt.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14106213356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/pivebodipolefosuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/jukunogaloruroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aodaixuan.vn/app/webroot/upload/image/files/93938687347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98a7e5ead4ebc3fdd9f09e9279f42fb7/rejikesajenubikogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/14583139751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/19867958512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/xodiwisonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348e9a838bc---bezexefijigiferoxivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/93380141314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/gifegopevukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/15386738470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdfgiare.com/upload/files/jobuvopeporu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613222f593763---26039262279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/53062525327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/bowivomabolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/lexixejotosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/31158012534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rekoxawotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C4 18416 bytes
SHA-256: b3f41f245f695241044ed415b3020af364a3b02829d65451dcb111b224c2fddb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e57d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE57D 10232 bytes
SHA-256: a2c92d77da7a0cf41e0c6ccdaec39868e95d3541fd8c89af7a0df3c48648ce2e
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1